Principal HydroEcologist UK WIDE

Principal HydroEcologist UK WIDE As a Principal Hydroecologist at Jacobs, you'll apply your expertise to assess the ecological impact of water abstraction across the UK, helping shape sustainable water management strategies. You'll lead sustainability assessments under the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP), using tools like RICT and applying Water Framework Directive standards to interpret ecological data. Your work will directly support river restoration, strategic resource planning, and performance auditing for major water companies. Collaborating with specialists in freshwater ecology, hydrology, hydrogeology, and geomorphology, you'll be part of an interdisciplinary team solving complex environmental challenges. This is a unique opportunity to grow your career while making a measurable impact on river health and biodiversity locally and nationally. * Extensive relevant industry experience, ideally specialising in hydroecology. * Experience in Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) investigations or equivalent. * Demonstrable experience working on low flow investigations. * Ability to design ecological monitoring programmes. * Experience in analysing large environmental datasets, using statistics. * Application of Water Framework Directive standards and thresholds including classification of ecological monitoring data. - Experience in stakeholder engagement. * Chartered membership of a professional body (or sufficient experience to obtain chartership). In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive: * Up to 10% company contribution into their pension * Reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships * Opportunity to buy/sell annual leave. * Free employee medical cover and digital GP service * Enhanced parental leave pay * Fertility healthcare and family-forming benefit provided by Carrot. * Hybrid working * Part-time roles * Flexible working hours LI-Hybrid HydroEcology EcologistUK UKAquaticEcology LI-SR2 https://careers.jacobs.com/en_US/careers/JobDetail/20184 Birmingham|West Midlands|United Kingdom Glasgow|Lanarkshire|United Kingdom Leeds|West Yorkshire|United Kingdom Manchester|Greater Manchester|United Kingdom Wokingham|Berkshire|United Kingdom Cardiff|South Glamorgan|United Kingdom Norwich|Norfolk|United Kingdom London|Greater London|United Kingdom Environmental Environmental

Location: Wokingham, Wokingham, GB

Posted Date: 10/30/2025